| General Features | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version |
0.30.0
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1.0.1
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2.0.045
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1.5.1
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| Last Release Date |
2019-03-01 (7 years ago)
|
2026-04-04 (today)
|
2006-10-14 (19 years ago)
|
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
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| Last Update here |
2019-03-04 (7 years ago)
|
2006-08-23 (19 years ago)
|
2009-11-28 (16 years ago)
|
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
|
| Author |
David Heinemeier Hansson, Jacques Distler, Matthias Tarasiewicz
|
Clay Alberty
|
Helmut Leitner
|
PukiWiki Development Team
|
| URL | ||||
| Free and Open Source |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| License |
Ruby's
|
BSD
|
GPL
|
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
|
| Programming Language |
Ruby on Rails
|
C#
|
Perl
|
PHP
|
| Data Storage |
Database
|
Database
|
Files
|
Files
|
| License Cost/ Fee |
0
|
Free
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0
|
0
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| Development status |
Mature
|
Mature
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Mature
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Mature
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| Intended Audience |
general, education
|
individual Wiki projects, everybody who needs more than a single wiki for a single purpose
|
One theme, one PukiWiki
|
|
| System Requirements | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| Operating System |
UNIX, Windows, MacOS X
|
Windows
|
Unix / Linux
|
OS independent
|
| Root Access |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
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| Webserver |
Thin (included), or Apache/NGinx (via Passenger)
|
IIS 5+
|
Apache (probably anything supporting CGI)
|
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
|
| Other Requirements |
Ruby 2.0-2.6
|
.NET framework v2.0 or higher
|
none
|
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
|
| Datastorage | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| Text Files |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| MySQL |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| PostgreSQL |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Oracle |
Plugin
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| SQLite |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| BerkeleyDB |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| RCS |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
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| Other |
Any Rails-compatible back-end datastore can be used.
|
SQLExpress or SQL 2000 or SQL 2005
|
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
|
|
| Security/Anti-Spam | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| Page Permissions |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| ACL |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Authentication Backends |
.NET Membership platform
|
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
|
||
| Host Blocking |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Mail Encryption |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| nofollow |
Unknown
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Blacklist |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| CAPTCHA |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Delayed Indexing |
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Development/Support | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| # of Consultants | ||||
| Preconfigured Hosting |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Code Repository | ||||
| Issue Tracker | ||||
| Mailing List | ||||
| Support Forum | ||||
| Chat Channel |
#pukiwiki
|
|||
| Stars on GitHub |
506 ⭐
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
| Common Features | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| Preview |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Minor Changes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Change Summary |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Page History |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Page Revisions |
Unlimited
|
Unlimited
|
Restricted by Number
|
|
| Revision Diffs |
Between all
|
Between all
|
Between all
|
To current
|
| Sitemap |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Plugin System |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Special Features | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| Unicode Support |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Right-to-Left Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Interface Languages |
1
English |
1
English |
8
German, English, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Russian |
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi |
| Email notification |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Comments |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Categories |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Namespaces |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Conflict Handling |
Page Locking
|
Conflict Resolution
|
Conflict Detection
|
|
| Concurrent Editing |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Search |
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
Full Text
|
| Wiki Farming |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Structured Data |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Links | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| CamelCase |
Optional
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Freelinks |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Backlinks |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| InterWiki |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| SisterWiki |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Image Links |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Windows Shares |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Patch
|
| Page Redirects |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Syntax Features | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| HTML Tags |
All
|
Some
|
Some
|
Plugin
|
| Math formulas |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Tables |
simple + complex
|
none
|
simple + complex
|
complex
|
| CREOLE support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Markdown Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Textile Support |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| BBCode Support |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Emoticon Images |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Footnotes |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Quoting |
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Internal Comments |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Custom styles |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| FAQ Tags |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Scripting |
None
|
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
|
||
| Content Includes |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Feed Aggregation |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Usability | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| Section Editing |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Patch
|
| Page Templates |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Double-Click Edit |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Toolbar |
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Patch
|
| WYSIWYG Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Access Keys |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
| Auto Signature |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Statistics | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| Recent Changes |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
| Wanted Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Orphaned Pages |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Most/Least Popular |
No
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Recent Visitors |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Analysis |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Output | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| Printer Friendly |
Print View
|
Print View
|
Print CSS
|
|
| Mobile Friendly |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Themes & Skins |
No
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
Yes
|
| RSS Feeds |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| ATOM Feeds |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Abbreviations |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| Auto-TOC |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| Raw Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| HTML Export |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| XML export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| PDF Export |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Office Export |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Media and Files | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| File Attachments |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Media Revisions |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Embedded Flash |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Embedded Video |
Yes
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
Plugin
|
| SVG Editing |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
| MindMap Editing |
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
| Media Search |
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Extras | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| Calendar |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Plugin
|
| Image Galleries |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
No
|
| Presentations |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Forums |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Blogs |
No
|
Unknown
|
Yes
|
Optional
|
| Ticket System |
No
|
Unknown
|
No
|
Optional
|
| Chat |
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
| Syntax Examples | Instiki | ProntoWiki | ProWiki | PukiWiki |
| Internal Link |
[[Some Page]] [[Some Page|anchor text]] [[Some Page#anchor]] [[Some Page#anchor|anchor text]] |
[pagename] |
CamelCase
Wordlinking
{{free link}}
[page labelforlink] |
PageNameAsWikiName [[PageName]] [[link text>PageName]] |
| External Link |
[another site](http://example.com) |
{title|url} |
http://example.org InterWiki:page [some:link labelforlink] |
http://.... [[link text>http://....]] [[interwiki:keyphrase]] [[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]] |
| Headlines |
#Level 1# ##Level 2## ###Level 3### ####Level 4#### #####Level 5##### ######Level 6###### |
!, !!, !!! |
= Headline 1 = == Headline 2 = === Headline 3 = ==== Headline 4 = ===== Headline 5 = ====== Headline 6 = |
* Level 1 ** Level 2 *** Level 3 |
| Bold Format |
**bold** |
**bold** |
'''bold''' |
''bold'' |
| Italics Format |
_italic_, *italic* |
''italics'' |
''italic'' |
'''italic''' |
| Underline Format |
underlined
{: style='text-decoration:underlined'} |
__under__ |
<u>underlined</u> |
%%%underlined%%% |
| Monospace Format |
`monospace` |
|
<tt>monospace</tt> |
N/A |
| Strikethrough Format |
<del>strikethrough</del>
strikethrough
{: style='text-decoration:line-through'} |
<<strike>> (using custom tags) |
[[strike]strikethrough text] |
%%strikethrough%% |
| Superscript Format |
<sup>superscript</sup> |
<<super>> (using custom tags) |
<sup>text</sup> |
N/A |
| Subscript Format |
<sub>subscript</sub> |
<<sub>> (using custom tags) |
<sub>text</sub> |
N/A |
| Images |
, [[image.jpg|alt text:pic]] |
{guid} - this is displayed and can be inserted automatically for each image/page |
http://example.org/file.jpg Upload:file.gif [[Image]...options...] |
#ref(pagename/filename[,option]) &ref(pagename/filename[,option]); &ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]); http://foo.bar/foo.jpg |
| Aligning Text |
p{: style='text-align:left'}
p{: style='text-align:right'}
p{: style='text-align:center'}
p{: style='text-align:justify'} |
available through custom tags |
only as part of tables or citations [align:left|center|right] |
CENTER:center RIGHT:right LEFT:left |
| Text Indentation |
p
{: style='margin-left:3em'}
> blockquote |
multiple spaces -> |
: indented line :: indented line |
N/A |
| Bulleted Lists |
* Item 1 ** Item 1.1 * Item 2 |
+ ++ +++ ++++ |
* bulleted list ** bulleted list |
- Item 1 -- Item 1.1 - Item 2 |
| Numbered Lists |
1. Item 1 1. Item 1.1 2. Item 2 |
# ## ### #### |
# numbered list ## numbered list |
+ Item 1 ++ Item 1.1 + Item 2 |
| Definition Lists |
term : definition |
|
; term: definition |
:term|definition |
| Horizontal Rule |
*** |
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